The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-10
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The Governor of West Virginia will
call an extra session of ihe legislature.
The newspapers are getting Austria
an Russia into a fight.
THE brakemen on the n. Y. P. & o.
at Youngstown, are still on strike.
CARL SCHURZ is confined to his
home by severe injuries received from.
o fall on the icy walks of New York.
HON. w. w. JOHNSON. ex Chief
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court,
died at his residence in Ironton, o,
last week, aged sc years.
A BILL, increasing the Governors
salary from s., 900 to SIS, 900, passed the
Obi, House last Thursday, by vote
of SO nays to 20 nays.
GEN. J. J. FINLEY has been ap
pointed U. 3. Senator by the Governor
of Florida. to succeed Chss. w. Jones.
whose term expired March 4tb.
NrARLY one hundred inmates of
st. J,seph's Convent, st. Louis, were
pois, ned recently by eating canned
fruit-fortunately,n none fatally.
RUFUS BLoDGETT was elected U. s
Senator on the I'd inst. after long
and bitter contest, by the New Jersey
Legislature, to succeed Gen. Sewell.
SLIGHT shocks of earthquake were
felt last week at several points OH the
south shore of Long Island and in
some portions of Eastern New York.
The first ste amer which has made
the passage of the whole length of the
Suez canal by aid of the electric light
has just accomplished the trip, and
took only fifteen hours to do it.
EVERY honest man knows that the
prese, Democratic administration
has done more for the soldiers since iG
came into power than the Republican
party did in all of its twenty five years
of power.
THE plasterers of Pittsburg and AL
the Knights of Labor, and have sew
cred the ir connection with that organ
ization and joined the Protective Plas-
terers' National Union.
Rev. BAXTER says the millennium
will begin between 1887 and 1900, and
great wars between nations will take
place, and after all sorts of terrible
things have happened, great earth
quake will destroy the earth.
JUDGE FoNTA1NE T. Fox, q promi
nent lawyer of Louisville, KY, has
been nominated for Governor by the
Prohibitionists, A ticket embracing
all the State offices was also put in
nomination. Fifty counties were rep.
resented at the convention.
THE Minister of Customs at Ottawa.
Ont, is preparing bill which, it is
stated, will be presented to parliament
rs an Offset to the retaliatory measures
recently passed by the U. 8. in rela
tion to the fishery dispute, which will
imports.
A PRIVATE letter recently written
by Col. Robert Ingersoll to friend in
Bloomington, Ill contains the graft
flying assurance that the great orator
is rapidly recovering from his throat
trouble, which resembled that of Gen.
Grant, and which it was thought
would result fatally.
A RECENT private letter from Gen
Lowell. Mass, states that he is recov
ering from the effects of his recent
accident in Philadelphia, and that
while he will be confined to his house
for fortnight, he is making as rapid
progress rs could be expected.
JOHN F. Web has been appointed a
member of the Cleveland Board of
Elections, by Gov. Foraker, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Major w. w. Armstrong. recently
appointed Postmaster of that city Mr.
Weigh is Endorsed by the Cleveland
Press. Irrespective of party, as an
admirable selection.
SENATOR ELY, of Cuyahoga, offered
a Joint resolution in the Ohio Senate
last Thursday, which provides for the
submission of constitutional amend
ment to the voters at the next election
providing for extending the right of
suffrage to women, which was referred
to the committee on privileges and
elections.
LIEUT.Gov. KENNEDY and Senators
Grouse and Pugsley resigned their Of
fees last Thursday, by reason of their
election rs Congressional Representa-
tives. Hon. D. A. Conrad, of Stark
county, was elected President of the
Senate, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of the Lieut.. Gov.
Ross WHITE. boy residing in
Springfield, Summit county. was ter
ribly mangled one day last week by a
neighbor's dog with which he was
playing. Suddenly the dog changed
1nfrom playful mood to one of savage
ferocity, and mangled the little fell
lows face and neck in a horrible man.
ner.
JUDGE NOBLE, of the Cuyahoga
Common Pleas Court, rendered an
important decision last week as to the
right of protest on the part of property
holders against the erection of tele-
phone poles IN front of their residen
ces. In suit brought to restrain the
Cleveland Telephone Co. from thus
erecting their poles, the plaintiff was
sustained, and an injunction issued
against the Co.
The bill of Senator Hardacre, of
Cincinnati, making nine jurors suffi
cient to give a verdict in civil case,
instea ad of requiring unsnimity of the
iurv coma nm last week in the Senate